“We did not wish to disturb you.”
A close inspection was made of the fence, and three large branches, which had been removed, were replaced. Then the three men, each taking up a different post, kept watch again until the dawn.
Chapter Twenty Three.
A Duel.
They agreed to keep back from Laura the alarming incident of the night, and when she stepped out in the morning, full of curiosity, they made light of their strange visitor, and drew her attention instead to the huge body of the old lion. But though they would give her no cause for fresh anxiety, their minds were troubled and their glances continually roaming over the country for sign of the danger they were sure was preparing for them.
“It is not right,” said Hume, “that we should expose her to these terrors and risks.”
“True, my lad; and there is a look in her eyes already which I do not like.”
“What are you talking about so gloomily?” she asked.